Myrrh
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Description:Resin appearing as irregular masses composed of numerous irregular granules, about 2.5 cm in size.
Surface red-brown to yellow-brown, uneven. Fractured surface granular, oily lustrous with whitish dots. Becoming yellowish brown milky fluid when ground with water.
Aromatic in odour. Bitter in taste, mild in nature, and attributive to liver, heart and spleen channels. **
Information:
Family:
Burseraceae
Burseraceae
Organ Meridian Systems:
Properties:
Traditional Medicinal Uses:
Its aqueous infusion inhibits the growth of skin fungi such as Trichophyton Violaceum.
Inhibits the exessive secretion of Bronchi and Utereus.**
** Ou Ming. Chinese-English Manual of Common- Used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Hong Kong: Joint Publishing, 1989.
